CategoryArchaic Word / Cultural Term
Modern Equivalentfamily; relatives; people of the same ancestry or tribe.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionOne's family, relatives, or people of the same ancestral lineage. Used frequently throughout the OT in the context of genealogies, tribal affiliations, and the covenant promises made to Abraham and his kindred. In the NT it appears in descriptions of family ties and in the heavenly vision of Revelation.
Key Verses"Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee." (Genesis 12:1); "After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude... of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues." (Revelation 7:9)